Soap molding frame



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lNVE TORS Gersi'en ATTORNEY 1951' s. B. GERSTEN ETAL 2,569,469

SOAP MOLDING FRAME I v Filed Feb. 24. 1947 7 f 2 SheetsJ-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 2, 1951 SOAP MOLDING FRAME Samuel B. Gersten, Middle Village, and Jacob Rashal, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignors to Practical Patent 00. Inc.

Application February 24, 1947, Serial No. 730,524

19 Claims.

The present application relates to a forming device and it particularly relates to a device in which fluid or molten materials, such as soap, may be molded, cast and set.

Although not limited thereto the present invention also relates to a device in which soap may not only be cast or set after manufacture in a kettle, but in which the soap may also be cut into slabs after it has been set or permitted to cool and solidify.

In soap frames, it is necessary laboriously to attach four vertical members together forming the side and end walls of the frame and to place such completed frame upon a carrier in which the lower edges of the frame will be received in grooves. The construction of the frame requires much efiort andlabor and moreover considerable difficulty is experienced in sealing the sides and bottom of the assembled frame, particularly where the end and side plates are joined together.

Even though complicated clamping devices are provided, the frames frequently will fall apart, when the molten soap is poured therein. Moreover in spite of most careful attempts to seal the corners and adjoining portions of'the sides and end walls of such frames, the molten soap will leak through after being poured and considerable amounts thereof will be wasted.

It is among the objects of the present invention to provide a novel soap frame. which will avoid separable side and end walls and in which the soap will be kept within the frame after pouring thereto in molten condition without the necessity of using complicated clamping arrangements and without need of assembling and sealing the walls of the frame together.

Another object is to provide an improvedsoap.

frameconstruction which will not only permit casting or solidification of the molten soap but which also will enable ready slabbing or cutting after the soap has solidified.

Still further objects and advantages will appear in the more detailed description set forth below, it being understood, however, that this more detailed description is given by way of illustration and explanation only and not by way of limitation, since various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.

In accomplishing the above objects it has been found most satisfactory to form a substantially vertical rectangular tank or frame of one piece with open flanged top and bottom and with the long sides reinforced by horizontally positioned inverted angle members.

The flanged bottom is designed to rest upon a wooden or suitable rectangular frame serving as agasket, said gasket serving as a bottom seal. The bottom flange is then bolted, preferably by direction or in both directions that is both transversely of the width and length of the frame are attached to the bottom of the frame so that they will be drawn up through the mass of soap as the frame is withdrawn from the solidified and cooled soap mass.

The important feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a frame with straight sides eliminating any taper and'making the frame readily withdrawable by application to the interior soap-contacting faces, of a highly viscous grease which will retain its viscosity and'will not readily melt or flow or become too. solid or rigid at temperatures ranging from 32 .F. to 300 F.

The invention also consists in certain new and original features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter'set forth and claimed and as to its other objects, features and advantages, the mode of operation and manner of its organization, these, inter alia, may be better understood by referring to the following description considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof in which:

Fig. 1 is a separated side perspective view showing the side of the frame and the truck upon which the frame is mounted with the intervening wooden or plastic gasket;

Fig. 2 is a top perspective view upon a reduced scale, as compared to Fig. 1, of the entire frame and carrier assembled together ready to have molten soappoured thereinto;

Fig. 3 is a side sectional view upon the line 33 of Fig. 2 upon a somewhat enlarged scale as compared to Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a top sectional viewupon the horizontal plane 4-4 of Fig. 3 looking down the assembled frame and truck;

Fig. 5 is a separated perspective view showing the lower portion of the frame as removed'from the case or solidified soap material illustrating how the cutting wires may be utilized'to slab or bar the soap, the mass of solidified soap in sl'abbed' condition standing upon the truck;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary top perspective view showing the means of connecting the lower flange of the soap frame upon the wheeled carrier upon a somewhat enlarged scale as compared to Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary edge perspective view of an alternative latching construction, and

Figs. 8 to 11 are fragmentary side sectional views showing alternative side wall constructions.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 6, soap frame A is provided with a wheeled carrier or truck B with .an intermediate wood or plastic gasket C. The upper and lower wire cutters'D and E may be included if desired, or omitted where it is not desired to slab the soap upon removal of the frame A. It will be noted that the frame has the end walls I and the side walls II. The walls It and II are integrally joined at the corners 25. The side walls are reinforced by spaced inverted angle members or beams I2, I3 and I4. The inside edges I5, I6 and ll of angle members I2, I3 and I4 are welded or otherwise permanently connected to the side walls II. To the top of the walls In and II are connected the angle bars or beams I8 and I9. The flat or vertical flanges 23 and 2| of the beams I8 and I9 are welded or otherwise connected to the side walls II] and II respectively. g

It will be noted that the angle members I8 overhang or extend outwardly to position 22 where they are flush with the outer edges 23 of the horizontal flanges 24 of the angle members I9.

Flanges 24 are provided with the holes 25 by which suitable grappling or lifting means may be inserted to elevate or lower the frame A. To the bottom edges of the walls I0 and II is attached the flange 21 which may be a separable rectangular frame welded in position as shown at 28. Or the flange 21 may be held in position by angle members I8 and I9 applied to the bottom edges of walls In and I I in inverted position. As shown, the flange 2! is held in position by the vertical cross bars 29 which are welded to the lower portions of the end Walls ID of the frame A.

The flange 2! (see Figs. 1 and 6) is provided with a plurality of recesses 30 and SI to receive the swinging bolts 32 of the attachments F. The swinging bolts 32 are provided with eyes 33 which swing upon the pivot bars 34. The bars 34 are mounted in the ears 35 projecting downwardly from the floor 36 of the truck B. The bolts 32 are threaded at 63 to receive the wing nuts 63.

The truck B, as shown in Fig. 1, has the notches or cut outs 38 and 39 which correspond to the notches 30 and 3I of the flange 21 of Fig. 1. The end of the carrier or carriage B is provided with the outstanding lugs 40 which may be welded or bolted to the ends of the carrier B. The lugs M are provided with openings or holes M to enable attachment of pulling means.

Below and to the floor 36 are attached the heavy angle members 42. The horizontal flanges 59 are welded to the floor 36. The vertical flanges 63 carry the bearing members 6| for the axles 43. On the axles 43 are mounted the wheels 64. Four wheels 44 are preferred but a greater number than two on each side may also be provided.

The gasket C which may be of wood or other slightly pliable material, such as a laminated resinous product, resistant to hot molten soap, may take the form of a rectangular frame or a complete rectangle as shown with the notches 45 and 46, matching the notches 39, 3|, 38 and 39. This gasket C when compressed by the flange 2i will serve to seal the soap S within the interior G of the frame A.

Although not a permanent feature, it is possible to attach to the lower sides of the frame A either the longitudinal wires D or the transverse wires E or both spaced apart suiflciently so as to give slabs R of soap of suitable width and thickness. In the preferred form only one set of wires D or E is used.

It is thus apparent that there is provided a simple, reliable, soap frame A, which may be readily placed upon or lifted from a carrier B and an intervening gasket C without assembling the sides I0 and II and without need of sealing them with soap. The wires D and E when used will automatically slab the soap S upon removing or lifting of the frame A. The frame ma be readily constructed by welding the walls I6 and II together at the corners 2E and then Welding the flange 21 and the bars I8, I9 and 29, as well as the reinforcements I2, I3 and I4 in position.

The flange 2'! is readily attached to the gasket C and carrier B by swinging the bolts 32 into the slots 3IJ-3 8d5 or 3 I 33d6 and tightening the wing nuts 54. This will prevent escape of soap S when the molLen soap is poured into the assembled frame A-carrier B-gasket C, as shown in Fig. 2.

After the soap S has solidified, the frame A is readily lifted after loosening the wing nuts 64, swinging the bolts 32 out of slots 36-38-45 and 3I 3Q4Ii and applying grappling hooks to the openings 25.

Fig. 7 shows an alternative construction in which the bolt 63' is mounted by the eye 33' between the ears 35' on the bolt 3d thus strengthening the platform 5' as well as the gasket C and the flange 21 since the slots 39, 3I, 38, 39, 45 and 4B are thus eliminated. The flange 2'! will have corresponding projecting ears (not shown) to match those of the platform B and to engage the wing nuts 64 on the bolts 53'.

The reinforcements I2, I3 and I4 may also eX- tend across the end walls I0. These reinforcements I2, I3 and I4 may also extend vertically or diagonally across the walls I0 or both.

As shown in Figs. 3 to 10 the reinforcements I2, I 3 and I4 extending horizontally, vertically or diagonally on the walls II) or I I or both may be positioned so that thei flanges are welded to the side walls II] and II as shown in Fig. 8; or so that edges SI are welded to the side walls I0 and II as shown in Fig. 9; or so that the peaks 32 are welded to the side walls It and I I.

Usually it is desirable to employ as a releasing lubricant a hydrocarbon or non-saponiflable grease, but in place of the grease or in addition to it, it is possible to use spaced electric heating resistance elements 93, as shown in Fig. 11, which will heat the walls I0 or H or both and liquefy an adjacent film of soap assuring ready release.

The release of the soap may also be aided by steaming the exterior of the walls I I] and II which both expands the frame A and melts or softens a surface layer of soap. The releasing grease may be applied to the interior of the frame by spraying or brushing.

The wires D and E may be piano wire #10 or #12 and may be tightened by tensioning keys as provided in a piano construction.

Although the dimensions may widely vary the inside dimensions in one embodiment ma be 46 x 14%;" x 44" high; the walls I0 and 'II of 14 gauge metal; the gasket C of a hard wood such as oak in thickness; the bottom flange 21 2 X 2" x the angle beams I2, I3 and I4 2" X 2" X the bolts 63 X 3"; and the elements 64 wing nuts.

As many changes could be made in the above soap frame and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claims,

it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not ina limiting sense.

What is claimed is:

1. A forming frame for plastic materials comprising a sheet metal frame, open at its upper end and:.lower.:end and having-enduvalls and side waillsyintegrally united together,- said frame having; attachment means -at:.its upper end enabling itto, besliftedand lowered, and a separable wood sealingplate-extending the full elength and-width of the'base of theframe at its lower end enabling it to be sealeda-nda' carrier coveredby said wood sealing plate -.deta.chably receiving and supporting the lower end said frame havingv outwardlyextending flanges at its lower end and saidcarrier being provided with hingedlymounted connection. bolts on the lower side thereof, and the. edges ofthe .sealing plate, the carriage and the. flanges. havingsuperimposed slots .receiving saidconnection bolts for. clamping the carrier, sealing, plate and frame, together.

2. A forming. framefor plasticmaterials comprising a sheet metal frame, open at its upper end and, lower end, and having end wallsand side walls integrally united together, saidframehaving attachment means at its, upper end enabling it tobelif-ted, and lowered, and. a carrier detachably receiving and supporting. the lower end, and a plastic gasket extending the full Iengthand width, of said frame positioned between. said frame and said. carrier said. frame having outwardly extending flanges at its lower endand said carrier beingprovided with hingedly mounted connection, bolts on the. lower side thereof, and the edgesofthe sealingjplate, the carriage and the flanges having superimposed slots receiving said connection bolts for clamping the carrier, sealing plate andframe together.

3. A forming frame for plastic materials comprising a sheet metal frame, openat its upper endand lower end and havingendwallsand side walls integrally unitedtogether, said frame having attachment means at its upper, end. enabling it to be lifted and, lowered, and .a carrier detachably receiving and supporting the lower end, and a wooden gasket. extending, the; full length, and width of said frame, positioned between said frame and, said carrier, saidframe having outwardly extending flanges atitslower end .andsaid carrier. being provided with hingedly mounted connection boltson the. lower. side thereof, and the edges of the sealing plate, the carriage and the flanges having superimposed slots. receiving said connec'tionfbolts. for clamp-- ing the carrier, sealing plate and. frame to.-

gether.

4'. Ajjforming frame for, plastic materials comprising a sheet metal .frame,.open atits upperend, and lower endv andfhaving end walls and side wallsintegrally united together, said frame having attachmentmeans at itsiupper end enabling; it to be lifted and lowered, and a separable wood sealing,zplate.:.extending:the full length and width of the base of'theframeatits. lower end enabling it to be sealed and a carrier covered by said wood v sealing plate detachably receiving and supporting. the lower end, the interior. faces of said end walls and side walls carrying a heat and cold re sistant lubricant said frame having outwardly extendingflanges at its lowerend and said carrier being provided with.hingedly mounted connection bolts, on the lower side thereof, and the edges of the sealing plate, the .carriage and the flanges having superimposed slots receiving said connection bolts for clamping the carrier, sealingpla'te and frame together.

5. A forming frame for plastic materials comprising a sheet metal frame, open at its upper end and lower end and hayin end walls-and side-wallsintegrally united together, said frame having attachment means at its upper end on abling :it to .belifted .andlowered, and a: separable woodse'aling plate extending the full length and width of the base of the frame at its lower. end enabling itxtorbe sealedand a carrier covered by said, wood sealing plate; detachably receiving; and supporting the lower-rend, the interior faces of said end. walls and-side walls: carrying :--a grease which will not melttorxharden at extreme high and, low operating temperatures said frame having outwardly extending 'flangesxat its lower end and said; carrier being provided with hinged-1y mounted :connection. bolts on; the lower side thereof, and;the edges of the-sealing plate, the carriage and the fia-ngeshaving superimposed slots receiving said connection bolts for clamping the carrier; sealing plate and frame together:

6. .A; forming frame for plastic. materials com.- prising asheet metal frame, open atrits-"upper end and ,lower endandhaving'end walls and'side walls integrally united together, said frame having attachment means, at its upper end-enabling it :to belifted and lowered; anda separable wood sealingplate extending: the 'full length "and width of the-base of the frame at its lower enden abling it to be sealed :anda :carrier; zcoveredby said -woodrsealing plate detachably receivingsand supporting the lower end; said side-walls bein'g' reinforced; by inverteda angle beams welded at spaced intervalshorizontally thereto at: their outer edges said-frame. having-outwardlyv extending flanges at its lower end and. said :carrier being. provided with hingedly. mounted connection; bolts OI'LthBrIOWBIfiSidG thereof, and :the

edges. of the-.sealing;-plate; the. carriageandrtheflanges having superirnposedslots. receiving. said connection bolts for clam-ping the-carrier, sealing. plate and frame together:

7. A formingframe for plastic:materials comprising; a-sheet metal frame, open at its upper end and lower end andu-havingxendt walls and side-walls integrally united together, said frame having. attachment means at its upper end enablinglit tome-lifted and lowered, and "a separable.

wood seal-ing plate-extending the full length and widthof the base of the frame at :its lower end enabling it to; be sealed and a carrier'cov- I ered by said. wood sealing. plate detachably' receiving; and supporting-the; lower end, said lower" end-having cutting means to: slab thersoap upon removal.of'the frame'therefromsaid frame :hav-

ingoutwardlyextending flanges at: its lowerend and? said carrier being provided with 'hin'gedly:

mounted =.eonnectionv bolts on, the lower side thereof, and the edges 'ofthesealing: plate, the carriage. andv the: flanges having superimposed slots receiving-said connectionboltsfor clamping" the.-.carrier-, sealingplate andsfram e. together.

18. .-A soap frame comprising a rectangular open-.endprism having: flanged ends, the; ends and sides :of thenprismq being integrally joined,

awheeled carriage :and-an intervening wooden gasket" said prism having outwardly extending flanges :atits lower end and: said carriage being.

provided with-hingedl-y mounted :connection :bolts on the lower-side thereof and the .edges of the gasket, the-carriage and the flangesihavingv :su perimposedr-slots forelamping the carriage, gashot and-prism: together.-

9. .A-soap frame-comprising a1rectang1ilar -opehend;.-prism'havingfianged ends, the ends and sides of; the prism being integrally joined, a wheeled carriage and: an..-intervening wooden gasket, the

lower flanged end, the gasket and the carriage having coinciding slots and swinging bolts mounted on said carriage cooperating with said slots to attach said frame, carriage and gasket together.

10.A soap frame comprising a rectangular open-end prism having flanged ends, the ends and sides of the prism being integrally joined, a wheeled carriage and an intervening wooden gasket of a hard wood said prism having outwardly extending flanges at its lower end and said carriage being provided with hingedly mounted connection bolts on the lower side thereof and the edges of the gasket, the carriage and the flanges having superimposed slots for clamping the carriage, gasket and prism together.

'11. A soap frame comprising a rectangular open-end prism having flanged ends, the ends and sides of the prism being integrally joined, a wheeled carriage and an intervening wooden gasket of oak wood said prism having outwardly extending flanges at its lower end and said carriage being provided with hingedly mounted connection bolts on the lower side thereof and the edges of the gasket, the, carriage and the flanges having superimposed slots for clamping the carriage, gasket and prism together.

12. A soap frame comprising a rectangular open-end prism having flanged ends, the ends and sides of the prism being integrally joined, a wheeled carriage and an intervening wooden gasket, said prism being formed of steel plates having parallel spaced angle beams welded thereto as reinforcements said prism having outwardly extending flanges at its lower end and said carriage being provided with hingedly mounted connection bolts on the lower side thereof and the edges of the gasket, the carriage and the flanges having superimposed slots for clamping the carriage, gasket and prism together.

13. A soap frame comprising a rectangular open-end prism having flanged ends, the ends and sides of the prism being integrally joined, a wheeled carriage and an intervening wooden gasket, said prism being formed of steel plates having parallel spaced angle beams welded thereto as reinforcements, and electric resistance heating elements mounted thereon said prism having outwardly extending flanges at its lower end and said carriage being provided with hingedly mounted connection bolts on the lower side thereof and the edges of the gasket, the carriage and the flanges having superimposed slots for clamping the carriage, gasket and prism together.

14. A soap frame comprising a rectangular open-end prism having flanged ends, the ends and sides of the prism being integrally joined, a wheeled carriage and an intervening wooden gasket, said prism being formed of steel plates having parallel spaced angle beams welded thereto as reinforcements, said angle beams being welded thereto at both edges said prism having outwardly extending flanges at its lower end and said carriage being provided with hingedly mounted connection bolts on the lower side thereof and the edges of the gasket, the carriage and the flanges having superimposed slots for clamping the carriage, gasket and prism together.

15. A soap frame comprising a rectangular open-end prism having flanged ends, the ends and sides of the prism being integrally joined, a wheeled carriage and an intervening wooden gasket, said prism being formed of steel plates havin parallel spaced angle beams welded thereto as reinforcements, said angle beams being welded thereto at one edge said prism having outwardly extending flanges at its lower end and said carriage being provided with hingedly mounted connection bolts on the lower side thereof and the edges of the gasket, the carriage and the flanges having superimposed slots for clamping the carriage, gasket and prism together.

16. A soap frame comprising a rectangular open-end prism having flanged ends, the ends and sides of the prism being integrally joined, a wheeled carriage and an intervening wooden gasket, said prism being formed of steel plates having parallel spaced angle beams welded thereto as reinforcements, said angle beams being welded thereto at their corners said prism having outwardly extending flanges at its lower end and said carriage being provided with hingedly mounted connection bolts on the lower side thereof and the edges of the gasket, the carriage and the flanges having superimposed slots for clamping the carriage, gasket and prism together.

17. A soap frame comprising a rectangular open-end prism having flanged ends, the ends and sides of the prism being integrally joined, a wheeled carriage and an intervening wooden gasket, said prism being formed of steel plates having parallel spaced angle beams welded thereto as reinforcements, said angle beams being welded thereto over the entire area of one of the side faces thereof said prism having outwardly extending flanges at its lower end and said carriage being provided with hingedly mounted connection bolts .on the lower side thereof and the edges of the gasket, the carriage and the flanges having superimposed slots for clamping the carriage, gasket and prism together.

'18. In a soap frame construction, an elongated rectangular casing having wide side walls and narrow end wallsintegrally formed, spaced elongated horizontal angle reinforcing beams extending the length of the side walls, spaced parallel cutters extending transversely interiorly between the lower portions of said walls, a rectangular sealing plate covering the entire lower opening of the casing, a wheeled trolley covered by said plate and supporting said casing, and attachment bolts for attaching together the easing, the sealing plate and the trolley, said casing being provided with heater means to release the solidified soap therefrom.

19. The construction of claim 18, in which said last-mentioned means consists of electrical heaters attached to the side of said casing.

SAMUEL B. GERSTEN. JACOB RASI-IAL.

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